Chest on Chest, Queen Anne, Unusually Small Example, Carved

Hartford Connecticut Area, possibly Suffield

An unusually small Queen Anne chest featuring shell and floral carved drawer fronts, shaped skirt, and cabriole legs

Date: 1770-1785

Measurement: Height: 72"; top case: 32.75" x 17.5"; bottom case: 34.25" x 18.5"

Material: Cherry with pine and poplar secondary woods

Condition: Brasses are period but not first set, several splits to drawer lips now repaired; one knee return possibly restored. When found by John Walton the top and bottom were separated; lower case had a top applied; top case had casters. When the cases are compared it is evident that top and bottom belonged together; obvious consistency in construction, tool marks [width and depth of plane marks] and joinery... Walton reunited the pieces. The lowest drawer bottom in bottom case is replaced, drawer sides repaired; some expected repairs to lower drawer bottom sides... some drawer runners replaced or reversed. (All trivial)

Provenance: John Walton 1981, Thomas Kugelman, Peter Eaton 1985, Private Collection to AAAWT 2022.

$14,500

SKU: 621-171

For More Information, Please Contact David Hillier at 978-597-8084 or email drh@aaawt.com.

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